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The Moon on Friday, May 28, 2010: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on May 28, 2010Waning Gibbous

Friday 28 May 2010386,985 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 28, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
386,985 km240,461 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 2010 is on Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 23:07 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 14, 2010 at 01:05 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 27, 201023:07
Last Quarter (after)Friday, June 4, 201022:13

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Friday, May 28, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 2010 to the new moon of June 12, 2010, a cycle of 29.42 days.